It is TIME to QUIT smoking NOW! Part 2

To support my topic above, I have to quote the scariest risk to smoker so that they can stop smoking immediately after reading my blog.

Health Risks

For smokers, the specific health risks of tobacco use include:

• nicotine addiction, decreased senses of taste and smell
• increased fetal death and diseases, if mothers use
• lung disease--emphysema, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer
• coronary artery disease--angina, heart attacks
• atherosclerotic and peripheral vascular disease--aneurysms, hypertension, blood clots, strokes
• oral/tooth/gum diseases--including oral cancer
• erectile dysfunction, also known as male impotence
• Women smokers enter menopause an average of 5 years earlier than nonsmokers
• Women who smoke are at an increased risk of osteoporosis

For nonsmokers exposed regularly to second hand smoke, the specific health risks include:

• increased risk of lung cancer over those not exposed to smoke
• in infants and children, an increased frequency of respiratory infections (such as bronchitis and pneumonia), asthma, and decreases in lung function as the lungs mature
• may experience (upon exposure to smoke) acute, sudden, and occasionally severe, reactions including eye, nose, throat, and lower respiratory tract symptoms

For smokeless tobacco users the specific health risks include:

• nicotine addiction, decreased senses of taste and smell
• increased infant death and diseases, if mothers use
• oral/tooth/gum diseases--including a 50 times greater risk for oral cancer with long term or regular use
• coronary artery disease--angina, heart attacks
• atherosclerotic and peripheral vascular disease--aneurysms, hypertension, blood clots, strokes

I will elaborate further on Emphysema and strokes in part 3.